PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 April 1922, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A Sydney cable reports the death of the Hon. S. T. AlcGowen, the first Labor Premier, who expired suddenly of heart failure at his residence.

Air. George Elliot, a well-known Auckland business man, was yesterday elected chairman of directors of the Bank of New Zealand.—Press Aasn .

Air. G. Brown, of H.M.S. Chatham, has returned to Auckland to join the ship after a short stay with Air. and Mrs. Coward, of Fitzroy. A private cable from London records the death of Mr. Wm. Nicholas Wallis, who was a member of the New South Wales Assembly for fifteen years.

A Sydney cable announces that the Rev. A. Stuart ATCook, who was stationed for nineteen years at West Maitland, has been elected Moderator of the Presbyterian Assembly.

Mr. B. M. Wilson, of the staff of Air. E. W. M. Lyson, New Plymouth, has received word that he has passed the examination for authorised surveyors, held at Wellington last week.

A London cable states that Viscount Curzon is fiufl’ering from a severe attack of neuritis, and that Sir L. Worthington Evans will take his place at the Genoa Conference.

Mr. James Conaglen, a well-known resident of Pihama, left Hawera for Wellington by the express yesterday morning. He will leave Wellington next Tuesday by the Corinthic on a trip to England. A London cablegram Reports the death of Air. Frederick Villiers, war artist, aged, 70. Air. Villiers has been in every war since the Servian war of 1876, and inost people have been familiar from their youth with his pictures in the Graphic and other illustrated papers.

A London cable states that while a division was progressing' in the House of Commons, Sir George Younger -was found unconscious behind the Speaker’s chair. It is believed he was hurrying to the lobby when he fell, striking his forehead. He recovered consciousness, but is suffering from shock.

Votes of condolence with Air. Alf. Smith and the Topless family, who sustained recent bereavements, were passed by the general committee of the Taranaki Agricultural Society at yesterday’s meeting. A note of sympathy with Mr. Andrew Weir, of Waitara, in his illness was also recorded.

On Wednesday in Christchurch, the Justice of the Peace Association and the Canterbury Law Society met to bid farewell to Mr. W. A. D. Banks, clerk of the court, who is retiring, and to express appreciation of his services. Mr. Banks was formerly clerk of the court in New Plymouth.

Mr. E. Dixon, M.P. for Patea, has received the following message from the Hon. J. G. Coates: Will be leaving Wanganui on Wednesday, the 19th, for Hawera for the purpose of inspecting the Te Roti line, returning to Wanganui the came afternoon. I will be pleased to attend to any matter requiring my atention.

Air. G. Davidson, of the Christchurch Friendly Societies’ Dispensary, has been successful in passing his final examination under the New Zealand Pharmacy Board. He was one of the three candidates to pass with distinction, being awarded a. gold medal. Air. Davidson was apprenticed to Air. Sykes in New Plymouth.

Air. Fred. Henne, who was for some time in the employ of Mr. A. E. Sykes as a chemist's assistant in New Plymouth, died from pneumonia on Alarch 3, at Sydney, while holiday-making. He had been to New Zealand to see his widowed mother, became ill while on the return journey. The late Air. Henne served with the Veterinary Corps in France during the late war.

The death occurred early last evening of Air. John Afar tin Parli, of Inglewood. Deceased, who was 67 years of age. came from Switzerland and has been farming in the Inglewood district, for the last 37 years. For a time he worked at the sawmill of Messrs. Henry Brown and Co. The late Air. Parli leaves a widow, two sons, ATessrs. Ambrose and Phil. Ambrose (both of Alotonui, Waitara), and three daughters, Afesdames G. Weston (Waitara), G. Farquhar (Inglewood), and Miss Parli (Inglewood,. The death is reported of Mrs. H. E. Allen, wife of Air. Thornes Allen, of Patea, and one of the earliest settlers in Taranaki. She was the daughter of the late Air. and Mrs. W. Foreman, of New Plymouth. She arrived in New Zealand in the year 1856 at the age of four years, and endured all the hardships and vicissitudes of a pioneer’s life in the early days of settlement in Taranaki, particularly during the troublous times with the natives when, in company with other New Plymouth residents, she had to reside in Nelson until the greater portion of the danger from the siostile natives was over. After her marriage Airs. Allen resided for some time in the Wanganui district, and afterwards at Alton and Patea, where she gained a large circle of friends by her genial and kindly nature. She is survived by her husband, Air. Thos. Allen, and a family of two sons, Mr. G. Allen, proprietor of the Eketahuna Express, and Mr. Arthur Allen of Alton, and one daughter, Airs. W. A. Swinbourne of AVaitara. —Press.